Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-02

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1orMed that he had not discovered it any
| where, and that an inquiry at the Clerks
| desk In the House was answered by
statement that the bill was not there. He
! mad the correspondence read, not with
any desire to crlticise the acts or omissions
| OF anybody, but simply that the facts
might be set forth in justice TO the mana
| gers on the part of the Senate. He under
stood that there was no difficulty In sub
sttuting copy for the original bill
which, he was bound TO believe, had been
mlslald. He moved that the request of
the House be compiled with.
Mr.. ingalls, objected and the matter
went over till tomorrow.
ATToRNEYs FOR RAILROADS.
The railroad attorneys bill was, at 9
O'Clock, presented as the unfinished busl-
ness, bur 1t was laid aside Informally aud
the Senate resumed consideration Of the
sundry civil appropriation pill. In dis
| cussion of one OF the items Mr.. Allison,
replying to a question put to him by Mr.
Platt, said that If Congress appropriated
| the full amounts estimated tor by the va
| rlous departments and added thereto
| what would be required for various pen
| sion bills, there would be little, il any, sur
| plus left for next year unless the revenue
| was very largely increased. There might
| be a surplus and there might be none.
hc tobdl JliudI6u lUT WAS AuOuG
| $4O6,OO0,000. A great number of miscel-
ianeous amendments were adopted, all
| increasing the sum total of the bill and
| none decreasing it. The items range
| from $4,000 to $150,O00. " Without dispos-
| ing of the bill the Senate, at 5:45 O'clock,
| adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day MIR. Herbert, OF
Alabama, from the Committee on Naval
Kntn -AxN1f A.
bill. 1t was referred to committee OF the
whole.
Mr.. Lowering, of Massachusetts,, from
the Committee on Invalid Pensions, re-
ported the bill granting pension to Wait
Whitman. 1t was put on the private
calendar.
Mr.. Taulbee, of Kentucky, from the
same committee, reported adversely the
Senate bills granting pensions to the
widows or Gen. Logan and Gen. Blair.
They were put on the private calendar.
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Steele, of Indiana, called up the spe-
cial order, being the bill for the reorgani-
cation of the army.
Mr., Herbert, of Alabama, antagonized
this with the naval bureau consolidation
bill and raised the question OF considera-
tion. The House refused by vote of II2
yeas to 126 nays to consider the army bill,
Before moving that the House go into
committee OF the whole for consideration
OF the bill indicated by him, Mr.. Herbert
moved that all debate on the pending sec
tion be limited to twenty minutes. The
Limitation was objected to by opponents
OF the bill ON the Republican side, and
they resorted to flibustering tactics to de-
feat it.
By refusing to vote they left the House
without quorum, in which condition it
renamed until 8 O'Clock, when, in accord
ance with the previous order, a recess
was taken until 1870 O'Clock, the evening
session to be for consideration OF bills re-
ported from the Committee ON Military
| Affairs,
PAY OF OFFICERS.
The first bill called Up at the evening
! session of the House was one to regulate
the pay OF officers of the army aud navy
who refuse or neglect TO provide for the
| support OF their families. The bill which
was passed provides that when any army
or navy officer on the retired list refuses
or neglects to provide for his family the
Secretary of War or of the Navy may
apportion the pay Of such officer between
him and his wife and children in such
ratio as be may deem just and equitable.
The following bills were also passed 4:
The Senate bill appropriating ST., 900 for
the construction OF q military telegraph
line between Sanford and Point Jupiter,
Fla; the House bill for the construction
of gravel road to the National Cemetery
at Richmond, Va the House bill for the
repair OF the road to the National Gene
terry at Vicksburg, Miss.
THE BRUTAL d.
The next bill called up was the Senate
bill amending article 103 of the rules and
articles of war. Mr.. Weaver. of Iowa,
gave notice that 1t would take a quorum
to pass the bill as long as it contained the
brutal provision that deserters should be
branded with the letter "D' In view of
the fact that there was no quorum pres
ent Mr. Bragg withdrew the bill. The
following bills were then passed: The
House bill directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to deliver to the rightful owners
the contents of certain boxes deposited in
the Treasury Department by the Secre-
tary of War, being property seized in the
South during the war; the House bill au-
thorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury TO
return the Twiggs sword.
The House adjourned at 10:40 O'Clock.